Greetings chit chatters. I have a problem you might be able to help me with. I noticed today that I have a hard lump under the skin on my chin. At first I thought I was getting one of those under-the-skin pimples, but the I realized that it is a lot larger than anything I have had on my face before. It is about 3/4 of an inch diameter, hard, and a little painful. What could this be?

10/8/2007 10:37:06 PM

cancer

10/8/2007 10:37:39 PM

cyst

10/8/2007 10:37:48 PM

you aint tryin hard enough....squeeze harder

10/8/2007 10:39:03 PM

Ingrown hair. I had one once time that was like 6 inches long wound up under my chin skin.

10/8/2007 10:39:32 PM

probably just a bigger version of your previously experienced under the skin zits.

wait for a week or so and if your condition does not clear up, try gouging whatever it is out with an exacto knife. Be sure to use some rubbing alcohol.


http://veganrepresent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11178&page=3

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"About ten years ago I had this small black bump on my neck. I'd squeeze it from time to time and pus would come out. Stunk like bad breath. Sooo foul. So I'd put aftershave on it. Sure. Why not, right? It seemed to get bigger and pussier as the months progressed. I had no idea what the hell was going on. Then, one day, I squeezed it and a bit of black hair came out. And I was like, wtf mate? So I pulled it. And it kept coming, and coming and coming and coming out of my neck until I had the curliest, kinkiest NASTIEST looking foot-and-a-half long in-grown hair coming out the side of my neck. I fought barfing long enough to yank it out. Oh. And it smelled really bad and left a scar"

[Edited on October 8, 2007 at 10:43 PM. Reason : ugh]

10/8/2007 10:39:58 PM

^^^ use pliers (try getting someone else to do it). if that fails (and only if that fails) go see a doctor.

[Edited on October 8, 2007 at 10:40 PM. Reason : +^^]

10/8/2007 10:40:00 PM

I doubt her facial hair is that long....

whaaaaaaaa...6" long???????

10/8/2007 10:40:30 PM

shit, that is as big as.....

10/8/2007 10:42:00 PM

Does it itch?
Does it burn?

10/8/2007 10:42:05 PM

Does it make you squirm?

10/8/2007 10:42:51 PM

It doesn't itch or burn. I'd try to pop it but there is nothing to pop. It is deep under the skin and hard, not squishy.

10/8/2007 10:44:56 PM

damn...this is gonna hurt your game..

10/8/2007 10:45:43 PM

tumor

10/8/2007 10:46:36 PM

cyst probably, go to the doc.

I was going to say staph infection/boil, but it doesn't sound like that.

10/8/2007 10:47:01 PM

haha i remember when my mature hairs came in on my arms and legs. It was endless fun picking those little ingrown hairs out, just beneath the surface.

10/8/2007 10:48:57 PM

http://tumorsong.ytmnd.com/

10/8/2007 10:52:04 PM

GO TO THE FUCKING DOCTOR

NOBODY HERE CAN POSSIBLY DIAGNOSE THIS ACCURATELY

10/8/2007 10:53:47 PM

maybe a weird type of STD?

10/8/2007 10:54:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qHhjNcGhDQ

does it look like this?

10/8/2007 10:58:03 PM

a real person would go to the doctor.

10/8/2007 10:58:51 PM

or like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP9P3RQ-roM

10/8/2007 11:00:19 PM

a doc could fix it up very easily with much less scaring than you gouging it out with an exacto knife

10/8/2007 11:01:55 PM

i always ask medical advice from tww, esp from chit chat. theyre very dependable

10/8/2007 11:41:01 PM

cut it out and post pictures

10/8/2007 11:42:17 PM

sebaceous cyst. I get them around my ears and down my neck. Lots of doctors wont take them out on your face, they make you go to a plastic surgeon. Dry heat always helped me (wrap a hot washcloth in plastic wrap) and I put this black tar drawing salve (really gross, but it helps so much) on them.

10/8/2007 11:46:40 PM

i had a similar lump between my neck and shoulder

the dermatologist i went to botched the removal so i had to see a plastic surgeon instead (which is what i'd recommend after seeing a dermatologist after confirming what it is)

when it was removed it looked like a popped piece of popcorn

i have a tiny scar which is fine but i believe if i had gone to a plastic surgeon first i'd have even less of a scar, if one at all

10/9/2007 12:04:48 AM

HPV

10/9/2007 12:39:38 AM

Infected node?

PS:

Quote :

"Sub-mental: These nodes are just below the chin. They drain the teeth and intra-oral cavity."

Have you been to the dentist lately?

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 1:05 AM. Reason : .]

10/9/2007 1:03:23 AM

Its merely a small vertebrate, Lycaon pictus.

10/9/2007 1:06:29 AM

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 1:22 AM. Reason : ]

10/9/2007 1:22:16 AM

Quote :

"Quote : "It seemed to get bigger and pussier as the months progressed. I had no idea what the hell was going on. Then, one day, I squeezed it and a bit of black hair came out. And I was like, wtf mate? So I pulled it. And it kept coming, and coming and coming and coming out of my neck until I had the curliest, kinkiest NASTIEST looking foot-and-a-half long in-grown hair coming out the side of my neck.""

You have no idea the money I would pay to witness such a thing. I've had day dreams about such things. I mean seriously...when I say that story is things dreams are made of, I'm not kidding.


Stella...I don't know what it is, but, and again, I'm 100% serious...I'd love pics.

10/9/2007 1:22:56 AM

IT'S NOT A TUMOR

10/9/2007 1:36:30 AM

I had a cyst like this once.

Doc just stabbed it with a needle, drained it, sent the sample off to pathology, and then drained the rest. Then I got some antibiotics, a bandage, and was instructed to wash that area carefully and just put a small bandage over where he jabbed it. Went away like magic.

Hurt like shit too. Just see a dermatologist. It is very much worth it to keep your face in order and nice and neat, and not to just gouge bits of it out with a knife to drain that stuff.

10/9/2007 2:18:27 AM

my guess is hpv

10/9/2007 2:22:07 AM

why do you people use TWW as your doctor?

10/9/2007 7:00:17 AM

I just had something similiar removed from the back of my leg last week. Came back as dermatofibroma, so just a weird collagen growth. I have another one on my back, but the doc said only take it if it bugs me.

10/9/2007 8:17:21 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfnnyyKRBmg

10/9/2007 9:20:21 AM

Quote :

"try gouging whatever it is out with an exacto knife."

very stupid

go see someone that knows what they would be looking at, dermatologist, then someone to remove it if it should be removed.

10/9/2007 9:52:16 AM

even though I almost vomited twice, i still watched all the way through those youtube vids

man i don't know if I could do that

10/9/2007 10:47:03 AM

^^I'm glad you caught me... I was just on my way to the store to buy an exacto knife.

10/9/2007 11:15:54 AM

nah, i didn't say you shouldn't do it

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 11:20 AM. Reason : ]

10/9/2007 11:20:09 AM

There's something very satisfying about watching those pustules being completely evacuated.

10/9/2007 11:23:45 AM

I'll try to take a video of the one on my face that I gotta have taken off.. the last one I did myself and it took a good 2 days to get all the shit out of it.. everytime I'd mess with it I'd shoot puss across the room This one is on my cheek so def need to get a doc to take it off, don't want a scar if I can help it

That was some nasty shit

10/9/2007 11:26:45 AM

aids

10/9/2007 11:48:01 AM

Quote :

"Came back as dermatofibroma"

i have one of those on my leg; i thought about having it removed, but as i i understand it, there's a 50/50 chance it'll come back

10/9/2007 12:41:21 PM

my mom mentioned some shit about going to the doctor cause she might have cervical cancer or some shit

i was like wtf...i dont even know how deadly that is

10/9/2007 1:04:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_uSA_RLM9A



[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 1:31 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2007 1:31:02 PM

cystic acne

10/9/2007 1:45:48 PM

cancer.

i might have one too.

10/9/2007 1:54:30 PM